So you're saying that a Mithril Stopwatch proc, adding SP, will NOT change how much damage a DOT will do if said DOT is active prior to the proc? It will only get the extra SP if I recast said DOT? And recasting the DOT using SB:SS isn't likely a DPS benefit since we wouldn't have the shards for Haunt uptime?

This thread doesn't seem to have much action? Is there somewhere else that people are talking about stuff these days?

edit: I raid as affliction on every fight, except maybe Wind Lord I might play demo, since I use that spec for all my questing and 5mans, and that's the only fight where the top demo parses beat the top aff parses.

I've seen that some locks are gemming secondary stats (haste to the UA breakpoint, or mastery), while others are gemming int. Are most people doing this based on single-target sims? Or is this driven by trying to extrapolate single or double target sims to the real fights this tier, with all the movement required on some of them?

e.g. my guild (25man) is stuck on Garalon in HoF, and is working on H Stone guard in MSV, so both fights that are very different from e.g. Elegon or Feng, or Patchwerk, or even a low-movement multi-dot-fest like Will25N.

I'm still gemming straight int in all my red sockets, reforging for haste to 4717 > hit to 12% > mastery > haste > crit. (most fights with adds have lvl92 adds, so I'm hit capped vs. them. Energy Charges on Elegon are lvl90, so you'd only need 6% spell hit to never miss them. Garalon's Legs are boss lvl, and that + maybe stone guard are the only fights where hit capped aff is probably best.) It seems to be working out for me, as I managed 82k on Feng25N last week, ranking 56th, with 489 everything but 476 weapon, and alch stone + Darkmoon. I've also ranked 20th on stone guard a couple weeks ago. I don't tend to rank on other fights, though. On Will25N my typical 90k is well under the 110k that top parses are pulling.


On another topic:

If you can afford to be snared by KJ's cunning, has anyone looked at the relative DPS of MG while moving with the -50% effect vs. fel flame spam? Is it only worth it if it lets you take a tiny step then re-channel drain soul, for example, to still get soul shards? Re-channeling the instant you stop moving doesn't lose ticks, and gets your channel going at full haste.

Unless you're capped on shards, you probably don't want to haunt until you can stop moving, although KJ's does let you haunt while moving, then MG while you're standing still. Casting UA on fresh targets is probably the most useful feature, other than keeping a DS channel going while adjusting position.

I keep meaning to sim this, but if non-Sac specs are only slightly behind with no movment, pet specs might actually be ahead on fights with a lot of movement. And now that pets are supposed to benefit from Garalon's legs' Weak Spots, this could be a pretty solid option.

Correct.

The Doomguard's damage is increased by 20% damage when target is under 20%. So he has his own mini-execute to line up with ours.